---
title: Which animal would be best at climbing down a tree trunk head first? — Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which animal would be best at climbing down a tree trunk head first? Test 9 of lesson 161 «Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower and gliding snakes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/) / t9

# Test 9 · Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which animal would be best at climbing down a tree trunk head first?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** animal · **What happens:** be, climb down · **To what, where:** trunk head

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 of lesson 161 «Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower and gliding snakes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t9:1
# text = Which animal would be best at climbing down a tree trunk head first?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | which animal |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb down** | gerund | which animal *not said here* | a trunk head |  |  |  | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location head=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A proboscis monkey's baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t9:o1:1
# text = A proboscis monkey's baby
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proboscis	proboscis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A moonrat on the forest floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t9:o2:1
# text = A moonrat on the forest floor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moonrat	moonrat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Bornean pygmy elephant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t9:o3:1
# text = A Bornean pygmy elephant
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Bornean	bornean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	pygmy	pygmy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A clouded leopard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t9:o4:1
# text = A clouded leopard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clouded	cloud	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cloud** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/t8/)
- next →: [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/t10/)
- ↑ back to [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower and gliding snakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/)